Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865
By Sarah Raymond Herndon
Length4h 58m
About this audiobook
Days on the Road is an autobiographical account of a young woman who traveled over the Great Plains toward the Rocky Mountains by wagon train with her mother and two younger brothers. Barely a month after the end of the Civil War, Sarah Raymond Herndonheaded westwith no certain idea of where to go but a strong desire to leave Missouri and start a new life in the West.
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GenreBiography and Memoir, History
Length4 hrs 58 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 1, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865
26FORT KEARNEY.
2PREFACE.
27ELEVEN GRAVES.
3REMINISCENCES OF THE PLAINS
28A NARROW ESCAPE.
4PRESS NOTICES.
29BEAUX.
5WE START.
30WE DECIDE TO GO TO MONTANA.
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6OUR FIRST CAMP.
31PRAIRIE DOGS.
7THROUGH MEMPHIS.
32PREACHING SERVICES.
8I MEET AN ACQUAINTANCE.
33MUSIC IN CAMP.
9AN ADDITION TO OUR PARTY.
34THE MOUNTAINS IN SIGHT.
10BLOOMFIELD, IOWA.
35A TOWN OF TENTS AND WAGONS.
11BEAUTIFUL APPLES.
36WE WORSHIP IN THE WILDERNESS.
12MISS MILBURN’S LOVE STORY.
37WE CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.
13A LETTER TO BROTHER MAC.
38THE BLACK HILLS.
14THE ICARIAN COMMUNITY.
39WE VISIT A BEAUTIFUL SPRING.
15A SWING AMONG THE TREES.
40WE CUT OUR NAMES IN STONE.
16A FATAL ACCIDENT.
41LARAMIE PLAINS.
17BEREAVEMENT.
42IN THE RAIN.
18A FUNERAL.
43INDIANS.
19ON THE BANKS OF THE BIG MUDDY.
44WE CLIMB ELK MOUNTAIN.
20OUR LAST DAY WITH MISS MILBURN.
45WE CROSS THE NORTH PLATTE.
21WE HAVE OUR PICTURES TAKEN.
46NEELIE IS SICK.
22A YANKEE HOMESTEAD.
47THE SUMMIT OE THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
23WE MEET A FRIEND.
48SIM BUFORD SICK.
24ON THE BANKS OF THE PLATTE.
49OUR TRAIN DIVIDED.
25THE ORDER OF OUR GOING.
50WE OVERTAKE THE CALIFORNIA TRAIN.
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